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Reena Esmail

Composer

Two Tones (soprano+violin)

June 19, 2006 by

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It is difficult for me to find something insightful to say about a piece that is so close to my heart. I think Rilke’s text says it best.

Recording

Two Tones
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano; Hyewon Kim, violin; David Fung, piano
recorded at CSMT, Yale School of Music – 12.4.2009

Text

Everything that touches us, me and you,
Takes us together like a violin’s bow
Which draws one voice out of two separate strings
Upon what instrument are we two spanned?
And what musician holds us in his hand?

Premiere/Performances

This piece was premiered in April 2011 at Yale University, in New Haven CT.

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Instrumentation: soprano, violin and piano

Other Versions:
– Two Tones (alto/violin)
– Two Tones (soprano/oboe/EH)
– Two Tones (tenor/cello)

Duration: 5′

Year: 2007

Movements: 1

Languages: English

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Premiere/Performances

Esmail is the Los Angeles Master Chorale’s 2020-2025 Swan Family Artist in Residence, and was Seattle Symphony’s 2020-21 Composer-in-Residence. She also holds awards/fellowships from United States Artists, the S&R Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Kennedy Center.

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